Republicans gather in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this week for the Republican National Convention, where former President Trump officially received the party’s nomination for president. Trump selected JD Vance as his running mate. The convention is taking place from July 15 to 18.Pinned

Trump makes first public appearance since assassination attempt

Former President Donald Trump arrived at the RNC, his first public appearance since an attempt on his life during a rally in Pennsylvania Saturday.

Trump, who was grazed in the ear by the bullet and sported a bandage on the injured ear, had reportedly been in good spirits after the dramatic shooting, showing more concern one dead and two wounded supporters who were in attendance at the event.

The former president also insisted that the RNC go on as scheduled, making his first public appearance just two days after the attempt on his life.

Teamsters president calls Trump a ‘tough SOB’

Sean O’Brien, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, described former President Trump as “one tough SOB” on Monday evening, in light of the attempted assassination on the 2024 Republican nominee.

“President Trump is a candidate who is not afraid of hearing from new loud and often critical voices,” O’Brien told an audience at the Republican National Convention.

“And I think we all can agree whether people like him, or they don’t like him, in light of what happened to him on Saturday. He has proven to be one tough SOB.”

The line drew massive cheers from the crowd in Milwaukee. Trump was also in the audience, having walked into the arena with a bandaged ear moments earlier.

RNC crowd cheers on model Amber Rose: ‘I let go of my fear of judgment’

Model and influencer Amber Rose, 40, received loud cheers throughout her RNC speech Monday night, in which she recounted her story of becoming a supporter of former President Donald Trump after her father challenged her to “prove” that he was a “racist” as she had previously said.

“I watched all the rallies, and I started meeting so many of you red-hat-wearing supporters,” Rose said. “I realized Donald Trump and his supporters don’t care if you’re black white, gay or straight. It’s all love.”

“I let go of my fear judgment, of being misunderstood, of getting attacked by the left and I put the red hat on too,” Rose said. “I never felt more free in my love for my country than I do now. I want to thank my father who’s in the audience tonight for opening my eyes.”

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Vance will ‘absolutely’ bolster Trump’s message of unity after assassination attempt

MILWAUKEE — Ohio Sen. JD Vance is a “dynamic” choice for vice president who will bolster former President Trump’s message of unity, New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis told Fox News Digital.

“JD Vance is a young, dynamic individual who is a great communicator. … He has an amazing personal story. He relates to regular American people all across the country, and I think that he will certainly add to the ticket, Malliotakis told Fox News Digital from the RNC.

“Not to mention, he comes from a swing state, which is always helpful.”Trump camp rips Biden campaign’s immediate attacks on Vance after VP selection

Trump camp rips Biden campaign’s immediate attacks on Vance after VP selection: ‘Poor taste’

The Trump campaign is taking issue with the criticisms of former President Trump’s VP pick, JD Vance, in light of the recent assassination attempt on the former president.

The Trump campaign is pushing back after President Biden immediately took to social media to blast Trump’s newly chosen candidate for Vice President, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.

Shortly after Vance was announced as Trump’s candidate, the Biden campaign posted on X along with a fundraising link,

“Here’s the deal about J.D. Vance. He talks a big game about working people. But now, he and Trump want to raise taxes on middle-class families while pushing more tax cuts for the rich.”

Trump 2024 Deputy Communications Director Caroline Sunshine took issue with that attack in an interview with Fox News Digital’s Andrew Mark Miller on Tuesday.

“I think that response, given the events that have transpired in this country where President Trump had an assassination attempt on his life, for the sitting U.S. president to be calling for anything other than unity, but instead using this opportunity to attack President Trump’s new vice presidential nominee, go after him on policy, it seems really out of touch, really in poor taste,” Sunshine said.Elon Musk to contribute $45 million a month to pro-Trump Super PAC: Report

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Elon Musk plans to contribute about $45 million per month to a new Super PAC that is backing former President Donald Trump’s campaign.

The PAC, called America PAC, boasts supporters such as Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale, the Winklevoss twins, former U.S. ambassador to Canada Kelly craft and her husband, Joe Craft, who heads coal producer Alliance Resource Partners, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal.

The PAC, which was founded in June, will focus on registering new voters and encourage early voting and mail-in balloting in swing states, the report notes.

Sen. Tim Scott, former Trump challenger: ‘America is not a racist country’

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., delivered a speech on the first night of the Republican National Convention (RNC) Monday night, declaring “America is not a racist country.”

“We are not simply the party of our leaders,” Scott, previously one of former President Trump’s Republican challengers, said. “We are also a party of a young woman in Wisconsin taking over her family farm, and a Hispanic father working 16 hour days in Nevada, and a black teenager in Philly starving for opportunity.”

Scott added, “We’re not just the grand old party of the past. We are the great opportunity party of America’s future.”

“But if you are looking for racism today, you find it in cities run by Democrats,” Scott continued. “On the south side of Chicago, poor black kids trapped in failing schools, thousands shot every single year … But there’s good news. It’s conservative values that restores hope — it’s Republican policies that lifts people up.”

“You see, we are the Republican Party of Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump,” he said.

Scott, the only black Republican in the Senate, suspended his 2024 presidential campaign in November 2023. While he didn’t immediately endorse any other candidates following his resignation, he later endorsed Trump in January.